Chapter 18: The Tale of a Maiden
After he was full of wine and food, Commander Huo found another horse in the city, and the seven men and seven horses turned into a torrent and headed towards the mountains outside the city.
Soon, the group dismounted in front of the mountain.
Two 100-meter-high peaks sit on either side, and a sheep's intestine path leads to the canyon, and on both sides there are cliffs, like a giant knife cutting straight out of the sky.
The cliffs are covered with green vines, like a green natural curtain, covering the original stone color of the craggy mountain walls.
Before the peak of the mountain was a forest, full of trees one or two feet high, a cool breeze blew out of the canyon, the branches and leaves were swaying, there was no green forest stream here, but Wei Shisan still felt a little comfortable.
He turned his head on horseback to look at the scenery he hadn't seen in more than ten years, and there was a faint pity that he couldn't enjoy these scenery properly.
Wei 13 and his entourage dismounted in front of the woods and tied their horses to the woods.
Huo Tong looked at the calm surroundings and cleaned up the other guards, "Let's go!" The group cautiously walked towards the canyon.
Wei Shisan was far less vigilant than others, and he admired the surrounding scenery by himself, because he believed in his heart that the girl in the red dress would not be the kind of demon who brought disaster to the world.
Walking on the path of the first line of sky, the cliff was covered with inch-long platforms, Wei Shisan looked up at the sky, and only saw a narrow sky.
Heaven and earth open a line, only a piece of sky.
Wei Shisan looked at this small world, and suddenly felt that his world was too narrow, just like a chess piece between heaven and earth, he really should go out and break through as mentioned in the book.
Suddenly, Wei Shisan faintly felt that something was calling to him in front of him, as if his fate had already been predestined. In the dark, the ropes of fate have long been connected.
Wei Shisan only felt that the voices of Yan Zhen and the others were getting smaller and smaller, and finally they couldn't hear it clearly like mosquitoes and ants.
But he couldn't stop his steps, walking faster and faster, walking faster and faster, and in a moment, Wei Shisan couldn't hear the voices of Yan Zhen and the others.
When Wei Shisan suddenly came to his senses, turned his head and looked again, he didn't know when the entire canyon had been filled with a thick white mist, and Yan Zhen and the others had already disappeared.
Wei Shisan tore off the wooden sword behind his back, and the fear in his heart gradually faded, for him, holding the wooden sword in his hand was hugging the whole world.
"Giggles"
At this moment, a crisp laugh like a silver bell came from behind him.
Wei Shisan turned around suddenly, and found that he didn't know when the white fog in front of him had dissipated, and the clear water was flowing from the small hill into the pool, and on the rocks by the pool, the girl in the red dress was sitting, her delicate feet were stirring in the clear pool water, staring at the nervous Wei Shisan with a smile.
After seeing the face of the girl in the red dress clearly, Wei Shisan put the wooden sword in his hand back on his back, scratched his head embarrassedly and said, "You are really here," Speaking of this, Wei Shisan seemed to remember something, and his voice was a little hurried, "Commander Huo is coming, why don't you leave quickly?"
But after thinking about it, he hadn't found those missing Terrans, so he thought about it slightly and asked, "Girl, I don't know that!"
The crisp laughter of the girl in the red dress like a silver bell came out again, and after laughing for a while, the girl in the red dress stopped laughing and said, "Those people don't know where they are now, what do I have to be afraid of?"
"As for those people, they're all here, but you don't see them. The girl in the red dress tilted her head and looked at Wei Shisan, who was carrying a wooden sword on her back, and always felt that this guy's eyes were as lonely as herself, and perhaps only a lonely monster like herself could see it.
Wei Shisan turned his head and found that although the scenery in the canyon around him that had faded from the thick fog was beautiful, he didn't find any figure except the girl in the red dress and him, he was a little puzzled, and looked at the girl in the red dress suspiciously. He knew that the girl in red had no ill will towards their group, otherwise she wouldn't be talking to him here, so he didn't worry about Yan Zhen's safety.
"Let me tell you a story. The girl in red said softly.
Wei Shisan was stunned, he just wanted to ask where the person she said was, but he was swallowed back by a sudden word from the girl in red.
Before Wei 13 could say yes, the girl in red began to tell the story she said: "A long, long time ago, there was a mandala flower, growing in a canyon, the canyon is very beautiful, at the beginning, the mandala flower looked at the beautiful canyon and felt very happy, because she finally got out of the dirt and could see the world of flowers outside. ”
Speaking of this, the girl stared at Wei Shisan's eyes burningly, as if she wanted to see through his heart, and asked, "Do you know that kind of joy?" Before Wei Shisan could speak, the brilliance in the girl's eyes dimmed, and then she said softly: "You shouldn't understand this feeling." ”
Wei Shisan remembered that when he was reopened by the old Tao, he was not just as happy as the mandala flower that the girl said, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say that he understood these two words.
The girl continued to tell her story: "The mandala flower has been in the canyon for many years, and she can only see this canyon, she listened to the big tree grandfather in the canyon talk about the outside world, about the cunning and greedy human beings, she really wanted to go out and see, and then she desperately absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, and after a long time, she finally succeeded, she transformed into a human form, and walked out of this canyon. ”
The girl looked up at Wei Shisan, her eyes were full of mist, Wei Shisan's heart slammed, and there was a faint pain in her heart. I heard the girl continue to speak: "Xiaohua transformed into a human form and went out of the canyon, just arrived in a small city, Xiaohua was found by those cultivators in the small town, Xiaohua didn't know where to go in the city, there were people everywhere, they were all the people who captured her, Xiaohua tried her best to escape from the small city, but those people still refused to let Xiaohua go, Xiaohua fled all the way, they chased all the way. ”
"Why are those people so greedy?" The girl in the red dress muttered to herself with tears in her eyes, not knowing whether to tell Wei Shisan or to herself.
Wei Shisan lowered his head and was silent in place, he originally wanted to say that people are greedy, but suddenly remembered that he was also human, his lips moved, and in the end he still didn't say it.
"Those cultivators, killed my friends, and in the end, Grandpa Dashu also died!" The voice of the girl in the red dress rose high, she stood up from the rock, and her body fell lightly in front of Wei Shisan, looking at Wei Shisan with a hideous face.
Next, Wei Shisan's incredible movements quieted down the girl in the red dress.
Wei Shisan rubbed the green silk of the girl in the red dress, and looked at the girl in the red dress with soft eyes: "Follow me in the future, I will protect you!"
The girl in red quieted down like a well-behaved rabbit, her hideous face disappeared from her face, as if the ice melted in spring for ten thousand years, and she lowered her head and murmured, "Aren't you afraid?" The voice was very small, and the little Wei Shisan could only hear the syllables like the sound of mosquitoes and ants with all his strength.
Thinking of his own ability, Wei Shisan scratched his head in embarrassment, and said a little embarrassed: "Maybe I don't have any great ability, but before I fall, no one can hurt you." As he spoke, Wei Shisan's voice became resolute, like a rock, like the sea.
The girl in red raised her head and looked at the thin girl blankly, and suddenly felt that this figure was as tall and majestic as a mountain, and at this moment, she seemed to see the grandfather of the big tree.
She smiled and nodded, it was good.